36 Stars Before They Were Famous

Celebs had to get their start somewhere! Find out what your favorite stars were doing before they got famous.<p>
Kanye West sold clothing at The Gap. He always did love fashion!
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Tyler, The Creator has been speaking about old jobs. He worked at Starbucks for two and a half years, and also spent a week and four days at Fedex.
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Bruno Mars was a Mall DJ and he even managed to break the record player.
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Beyoncé used to work at her Mom's salon & swept hair!
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Morgan Freeman had a paper route.
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<p>Before she was Barbz, Nicki Minaj served food at Red Lobster.</p>
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Kid Cudi worked at upscale grocer Dean and Deluca.
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Oprah was a news reporter in Chicago before becoming a super-star talk show host.
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In 1986, Halle Berry became the first African American to enter the Miss World Pageant.
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Kendrick Lamar worked as a security guard at a bank.
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When the Diddy wasn't quite so flush, he cleaned bathrooms at a Mexican restaurant.
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Jadakiss used to deliver the news as a newspaper delivery boy!
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Before becoming a rap star, Lil Wayne played the Tin Man in his middle school drama club's production of "The Wiz."
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Before his music and acting career took off, Ice-T spent four years in the Army.
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Before he showed off his rap game, Tupac took ballet and even had the role of Mouse King in the school play, "The Nutcracker."
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At 11, Denzel Washington earned $11 a day sweeping hair at a barbershop & was also a camp counselor.
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Fabolous spent his summers as a teen working at a nursery with kids.
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He's a movie star now, but Chris Tucker once had it rough cleaning toilets.
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B.o.B is a music artist now, but before that he was a sandwich artist at Subway.
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Mariah Carey's ex-husband once spent his days dishing out fast food. "My mother made me get a job at like, Wienerschnitzel," Cannon told MTV. He was reportedly fired for telling too many jokes to the drive-thru customers.
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Before becoming a rapper Plies graduated with a degree in nursing.
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Kerry Washington was a substitute teacher for NYC schools. Imagine having her as your sub?!
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Jennifer Hudson flipped burgers before "American Idol" -- at Burger King, to be precise. After mentioning the chain in her Oscar acceptance speech, Hudson was granted free Burger King for life.
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Mike Jones used to be a phone assembly line operator!
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David Banner was the President of the Student Government Association at Southern University.
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50 Cent competed in the Junior Olympics as an amateur boxer.
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J. Cole was a bill collector & worked at an ice skating rink where he wore a kangaroo costume.
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Prodigy was a Ballet dancer. He also knows how to tap dance.
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Queen Latifah worked at Burger King just like Jennifer Hudson!
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Bruno Mars was a Mall DJ and he even managed to break the record player.
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Rick Ross was correctional officer... as if you couldn't tell.
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Big Sean used to be a Christian rapper!
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Janelle Monae worked at a cleaning service & was the youngest maid. All the women would ask her to sing while she cleaned, and most of them were ex-convicts.
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Ice Cube was an architect-in-training, and studied at the Phoenix Institute of Technology.
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KRS-One was involved in the religious movement Hare Krishna.
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Before she starred in <i>Clueless</i>, Stacey Dash worked at United Colors of Benetton.
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